Bollywood and the Beast by Suleikha Snyder caused me to pull a Bad Decisions Book Club moment at RT…does that mean I leveled up? Is that the Bad-Ass Decisions Book Club? So many questions. As you may have guessed from the title, Bollywood and the Beast is a Beauty and the Beast story set in Bollywood–but it’s so much more than that. It’s a book about a bi-racial heroine not feeling accepted by any cultural … Continue reading Bollywood and the Beast by Suleikha Snyder →
Hunted is a YA adaptation of the Beauty and the Beast fairytale mixed with Russian folklore and featuring an archer heroine. I just heard a bunch of people one-click buy, didn’t I? Hunted is delightful. It’s the BatB adaptation that I didn’t know that I wanted or needed, but that kept me up reading all night. Unlike in many of versions of the fairytale, Beauty (in this case Yeva) isn’t the kindest, gentlest, “good”-est daughter of a wealthy … Continue reading Hunted by Meagan Spooner →
I promised you all that we would give you our thoughts on the new live-action Beauty and the Beast, and here are the spoilery thoughts of me and Elyse. Elyse and I? Both of us. The top part here is pretty spoiler-free, and then we get into the details, but we’ll mark when that starts. Elyse: So I loved it. LOVED IT. Would watch again a thousand times. I know intellectually it was not perfect and … Continue reading Movie Review: Beauty and the Beast →
So there’s a little movie coming out this month. You probably haven’t heard about it because the publicity has been REALLY low-key. The live action Beauty and the Beast? Ring a bell? No? It’s okay – we’ll be covering it, don’t you worry. As has been mentioned, Beauty and the Beast is my favorite fairytale. It works so well as a Romance archetypical story, so I was VERY excited at this offering. Penguin has a … Continue reading Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World, edited by Maria Tatar →
Beautiful Wreck by Larissa Brown is not a perfect book, but it was exactly the book I needed. It was this beautiful, restful story that transported me somewhere else and soothed my brain. It’s the literary equivalent to just floating in a warm pool, listening to soft noises. First of all, Beautiful Wreck is a time-travel historical, which is my shit. It opens in the near future, a time when people immerse themselves in sophisticated virtual … Continue reading Beautiful Wreck by Larissa Brown →
Sarah: Recently, Freebird had a really interesting homework assignment. He had to list the things that influenced him from most to least – things like parents, friends, the internet, etc. Then Hubby and I had to do the assignment, too, and list the things that influenced us when we were his age. Of course, when he and I were kids, there was no internet. Both of us listed “books” as the thing that influenced us most When … Continue reading Our Romance Influences →
Welcome back to Lightning Reviews! We’ve been knee-deep in DABWAHA chaos, but now that voting is underway, we can get back to our regularly scheduled programming. I posted about Alyssa Cole’s Be Not Afraid cover reveal in a Wednesday Links post and now we have a review! Plus a Beauty and the Beast-esque crazyness of a book and an illustrated scifi novella!
I’ll read any Beauty and The Beast themed book; y’all know that. And this one had promise- Bella is the daughter of a archeologist-adventurer, and Miles is a duke that’s turned his back on the world because ~reasons~ and spends all his time and energy with his house full of precious Egyptian artifacts. With the help of a fairy godmother of sorts and some magic shoes, will Bella melt his heart? I have not read … Continue reading Bella and the Beast by Olivia Drake →
A new spring (FINALLY THANK GOD), a new Beauty and Beast book! Yay! This had so much going for it. Just barely pre-Victorian/tail end of the Georgian era! Non-nobles! Slums! Delightful references to the Disney animated B&B! Other references to La Belle et La Bete! Turning other references on their heads! An exploration of where the line between “victim” and “survivor” is! This is the second book in Erica Monroe’s Rookery Rogue series (and I … Continue reading Beauty and the Rake by Erica Monroe →
